Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

It's the time of year when everyone does the Here's My Resolutions or What I Want For The Year blogs, so.....

I know what I want, so let's just talk about it for a bit. I've been watching a lot of tv the last couple of days huddling with cramps on the couch (why am I telling you this????) and I've been seeing a lot of handy commercials. A lot of un-handy ones too, I'm very tempted to order a few of the Well Being Energy Bracelets, if only because I want to see these things and ponder exactly what sort of person buys into this.

There's also a new pill out there that will REMOVE BODY FAT. Body Fat you see, is the problem, and if you simply eat right and workout, you WILL NOT LOSE BODY FAT! This pill however, dissolves it. How handy. Clearly, I've been going about this wrong.

Enough with the Un-handy ones tho, I saw something I know is going to change my life.

It's a well, a mop. And a Broom. I know, we've talked about this and how I have a total of SIX mops hanging lonely in my mop area, but this one sweeps and mops by ITSELF!

Kid you not. Turn the thing on when you leave, so goes the commercial, and come home to nice clean floors. The heck with that, I am buying one and running it each morning and watching it go to it whilst drinking my coffee. Don't want to miss a second of it.

It will probably do a far better job that I do too, at it. (Not hard, I am the worst housekeeper on the planet. Neat, but hopeless at cleaning)

AND I am thinking when I do leave, I can tie Mousies to it and it can drag about and entertain the Bengals while I am gone. It's perfect on so many levals. There is also a Remote Control Vacuum, Google tells me. My Spooky House is going to get seriously fun.

As for the rest of it, you know what I want, we've talked about it. I want to be FIT, in another month, it will be six months on my Plan. I'm happy about some things, and not so happy about others. It really does take a long time. It's slow going. I'm miles ahead of where I was. I ride better, I skate now, I go to the gym every day, I eat a lot better.

Mostly. I can do 20 crunches with no one holding my feet now. I can pissage during warmups riding. (If you don't know what Pissage is, no worries, it's a Dressage Thing, but if you're having trouble with Crunches you might want to re-think your own FIT)

I'm FITT-ER. But not yet FIT.

I want to do my Job, and love my Friends. Write more. Save more Bengals.

I beg you to not get the iRenew. For the main reason that they are a scam group that sells your credit card information to other scam companies. I know this because we bought Fushigi Balls for our youngest and then I started getting the calls..."Hi i just need you to confirm your information and we'll send you order on it's way." "I didn't order that." "Of course you did I have the order right here!" "Nope, didn't order it. Go away now." ...iRenew was the first of the companies to call...

As for FIT, slow and steady wins the race, or in this case...make the ass even nicer!

I don't know which mop/broom thing you are talking about, but I own two Roombas and they are AWESEOME. A Scumba (the mop one) might be in my future.

I had a Scooba, and it was wonderful, until it died. That was a few years ago, though - the battery packs may be better now.

My pursuit of The Fit continues, despite some holiday setbacks. I haven't lost much weight, but I am a different shape. I've gotten lazy about lifting, though, and must improve. Cardio alone will not get me where I want to go.

FIT is not a destination, IMO, it's a journey that never ends. There's a site I've joined with some fiber people, called healthmonth.com, where you set your own goals and get points to work towards them.

My goals are fitness related, not weight loss related. And some mental health in there too, like putting down the laptop and reading and knitting.

I need a new challenge this year. Dunno what yet. Something not DIY-related.

Well personally I've begun this third day of 2011 by being jetlagged and skipping the yoga for the second day in a row. Back on it tomorrow; I'm too whacked out today. Loving it on the whole, though. It's nice to be able to get up and down off the floor without groaning and going crack. And that's after what, only a month? Result!

I would like to write more + submit more stuff for publication, which I have already started doing.

I would like to come up with a FIT routine. Still working on that. I need someone to kick my butt. Someone needs to design Quiche software that I can upload to my computer so I will become organized and proactive about things.

I think for me it is all a journey. For me the notion that I ever "arrive" at my goals gets in my way. Complicated to describe but I really make the most progress when I focus on what I am going to DO today rather than on where I'll end up. BUT everyone is different and that is a beautiful thing.

I want a magic mop but I don't think it is powerful enough for the mess that is my housekeeping! Getting my house back in order is high on the list this year. It is all connected for me -- order, activity level, producing the things I want to produce, doing the things I want/need to do.

I figured you guys had worked up another word for what we call *soft* piaffe or *soft* passage. Pissage works for that.

I'm with you on the fit. I'm hanging upside down more to see if that helps my back. I'm trying to ride Vin more. Officially she's 20 now *sob!!* {birthday is July 7th tho} and she's still best horse ever!!! Two a day is really hard on my back. Lance has improved a lot this last bit. Tanking less. It's really all about the lateral work being 100% every single time. No settling for less.

Mops.Well, I guess you had to write about something incredibly mundane in order not to explode. ;)

Seems like 2011 has started with a bang! Neil and Amanda married. Nathalie signs a contract for fiction she wrote, and Ticia will have two stories published this year. Another Fiend had good news the first day of the new year, but my brain is failing me on who and why.

::sigh:: I hope the rest of the year to my 50th won't be as forgetful!

Great post. I don't make resolutions though. The FIT thing I am coming to believe more and more is about getting my head into shape...about being in a mind-space that allows all the other things to fall into place...not a magic mop (tho- boy howdy, could I use one of those!)or a fat burning pill but a place of strength inside I usually ignore in order to be petty and negative.

For me, to achieve FIT is to harness and honor my inner artist faithfully...watching the diet, exercising...these are important and part of the path, but really honoring creativity can only help pull it all together.

Had my knee surgery and look forward to physical therapy and long walks again in the near future.

I am going to set up the Netflix feed for you when I come next, never a need for commercials again!they really "fwap" me, to quoth our Beezus. and Marjorie, i want you to write a whole story on the nursery planet--i like the thought.

meanwhile recycling men are digging through our treasurefull trash cans for the endless amounts of glass bottles from our blow out NYE party. By 4:30 I made Drew clear the treehouse, and when i poked my head out of the bedroom, I didn't know any of the left over stragglers--all our real friends had gone, and Drew was entertaining a batch of friendly drunken wanderers. ay! men! Selina Kyle came in and curled on me for safety. Batman for some reason was out sitting with the revellers.my FIT and darling Quiche, you are a terrific secret keeper, my phone was ringing off the hook that morning and i said, hmmm, wonder what's up! Boss is the very happiest Boss i have ever seen. This is going to be a terrific year, much love to all!Kitty

Well here the cat has been fed and has stalked off to bed. (Eating is so exhausting.) And I'm debating the wisdom of putting the washing outside when it seems to be blowing a gale. On the plus side, it should get dry. On the minus side, goodness only know where it will end up.

Since my washing machine got fixed yesterday I may even do some laundry. Such an exciting life!

On the other hand, a Mystery Benefactor sent me Vol. 1 of Absolute Sandman. No idea who. Genuinely, no idea. I thought maybe a belated Christmas gift from my brother but he says not. As mysteries go, it's not a bad one to have, but you'd think if someone was going to spend £50+ on me they'd say who they were.

I gots a cat, here. She is asleep. Today she wants to sit her front paws right on my lap, where the laptop is, all the time. Think she missed us. The other one has been following me around for days going Meow. Thinking a Feliway plugin might be in order for when we're away. Even when there's someone here. Apparently that doesn't work.

I was aslumber. Or possibly attempting to slumber on account of A.Hot.Night.

Tysie has this thing with food at the moment, where she wants you to stay with her while she eats. Very time consuming. Of course I obey my seventeen year old feline Overlady, especially with her current state of debatable health.

Ahhh, Home! Looong day! Darned early riding lesson, but a seriously wonderful one! Did my first flying lead changes today!

(when one canters, if to the left, the left legs of the horse lead, if to the right, the right ones, if you are going straight, the horse can sort of hop and change leads while cantering, if you tell him right)

very cool stuff, trust me.

Here: 30 seconds of flying lead changes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao54QLOq5d0&feature=fvw

I did lots of worky bits too and a step class, and a core class but those were not any bit exciting.

(tho I do admit to getting a little weepy while unpacking Amanda's wedding dress..)